Banking
The financial crisis of 2008 underlined that the equity capital requirement for banks is a policy setting of fundamental importance. On 2 December 2025, the
February 2, 2026
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News
Artificial intelligence is spreading quickly among European firms. Using new surveys from Germany, Italy, and Spain, this column shows that adoption rates of generative AI
February 2, 2026
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Economy
Much of what we know about geopolitical risk is filtered through a narrow informational lens of global English-language media. This column constructs a geopolitical risk
February 2, 2026
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Health
Recent years have brought a renewed, coordinated push to restrict abortion, from the US to Hungary and Poland. Earlier this month, that backlash met a
January 30, 2026
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Development
Imagine being asked to build a school on a budget that barely buys a stack of bricks, but no cement, windows or roofing materials. That
January 30, 2026
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Digital Technology
In 2017, a ransomware spread across multiple countries, causing an estimated $10 billion in damage to businesses worldwide. More recently, in Costa Rica, a major incident in 2022 forced the government to declare a national state of emergency and resulted in
January 30, 2026
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Economy
First, the good news: in the face of one shock after another, the global economy has proved to be surprisingly shock-proof since the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite steep
January 28, 2026
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Development
Throughout history, water has been the quiet engine behind progress: farmers irrigate fields to grow crops; industry needs it to produce goods and generate energy;
January 28, 2026
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News
Years of shocks and imbalanced recoveries have significantly impacted longstanding global poverty trends. In just the last five years, the economic pressures induced by the crises of
January 28, 2026
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Finance
In most jurisdictions today, two legacy conventions cause significant misperceptions of central bank money—the backbone of modern monetary systems. First, it is still commonly treated as a
January 26, 2026
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